Very nive Okinawan karate site

[Falcor]

Very well made site, and cool info, for anyone interested. Lot's of cool vid clips of old masters

http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/

[Starchaser107]

mad props

[Kristoffer]

Awsome, I'll post the link in the ORA section

[j-himself]

those makiwara thingys are pretty sweet.

thinking about making one to practice iron forearm, punching, n elbows.

does anyone practice with the makiwara? pros? cons?

[Kristoffer]

I train with trees/logs. Not so flexible as the makiware so maybe it develops differently.

[Nick]

I heard using the makiwara regularly over a long period of time will damage your hand, so if you're an artist/muscian whatever that needs dexterity, stick to the bag.

Later...

[Vash]

That's a keeper.

PS. What's nive?

[Chinwoo-er]

Its "nice" with a typo

or maybe it is "naive"

[Kristoffer]

I heard using the makiwara regularly over a long period of time will damage your hand, so if you're an artist/muscian whatever that needs dexterity, stick to the bag.

Then I guess you heard wrong. I've seen ALOT of people with 20+ experience of hitting stones, gravel, logs and trees. They all have arms like iron poles, without any damage. (my sifu is even scarier with more than 45+ years of this sort of training )
I guess if you do this wrong or in a hurry you are bound to get hurt someday.

[Falcor]

Nive=typo for nice. C and V are next to each other on the keyboard.....